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. Patented Aug. 9, 1932
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GEORGE ITIEYER,
‘MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO GEO. J. MEYER ‘MANU
FACTURING ‘COBIPANY, OF 'GUDAE‘ZY, ‘WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION 013‘ WISCONSIN
BOTTLE ‘ GQEKEHG- 'IJIACHINE
Application ?led April 3, 1931. 'Serial No. 5275438.
The ‘invention relates to container-closing of the compressing and driving devices as it
machines. and more particularly to machines appears at the end of a cork-driving opera—
for corking bottles.
tion;
‘An! object of the invention is to provide a
Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation taken along
bottle=corkingmachine including a revoluble the line 8-8 of/Fig. 4;
Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view taken along
group of .cork—compressing and cork-driving
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devices which are both operated by the same the line 9—-—9 of Fig. 7 ;
reciprocatory actuating means common to the
Fig. 10 is a sectional View similar to F ig.
group, the cork-compressing being effected 7, but showing. the corkin compressed posi
on one ‘stroke of the actuating" means and
the ‘cork-driving being e?ected on the other
stroke of ‘the same means.
tion;
Fig. 11 is a sectionalview of the cork com
pressor takenvalong the line .11-1110f Fig.
Another object of the invention is to pro 10;
vide *corking machine in which the cork
Fig. 12 is a sectional view of one ofthe
‘’ compressing is effected by toggle means, and cork hoppers taken along the line 12—12 of
in'wh-ichthe toggle means is retained in its
compressing position by the compressed cork
Fig. 4;
13 is a sectional view taken generally
until the cork is driven.
along the line 13—~13 of Fig. Ll;
Afurther object of the invention is to pro
Fig. 14 is a fragmentary sectional view
vide'indivi'dual cork hoppers for the several of one of the cork drivers in its ,upperposi 70
corking devices.
Alfurther object is to provide means for
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tion, and
i
Fig. 1-5 is a fragmentarysectional view of
Washing and spraying the corks after they a drive head in its upper cork-‘compressing
are compressed.
A further object is to provide cork-driving
position.
In these drawings, the numeral 20 desig
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means in which the operative movement of nates a hollow base which in practice may
a cork-driving element is controlled by the form a part of a combined ?lling and clos
presence iofexthe bottle in corking position.
ing machine, the base being mounted on. de—
‘Aiiiurther object of the invention is to tachable legs 21 for facility in shipment. A
perfect 'details'of construction generally.
bearing bracket 22 includes a ?at upper por
‘The invention further consists in the sev tion secured to the upper wall of the base,
eralr'iieatures hereinafter set forthand more and includes a cup-shaped portion 23 depend—
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particularly de?ned by the annexed claims. ing into the interior of the base.
2In I the accompanying drawings.
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An upright tubular standardQél has its low
is ‘a side elevation of a bottle-corking'ma er end portion ?xedly secured in the lower
chine‘ embodying the invention;
end of the bearing bracket. A tubularshaft
.“Fig. T21isra top plan view thereof, parts 25 is journalled about the tubular standard
being ‘broken away and parts being shown in 24 and has its lower end portion extending
section;
into the cup-shaped portion 23 on the hear
‘Fig. 3'is- a sectional View of the machine ing bracket 22, where it is secured to a driv
taken‘along the line 3—-3 of Fig. 1;
ing gear 26. A cover 27 receives the tubular
"Fig.4 isasectional elevation of the upper shaft 25‘ therethrough and issecured to the
portion of the machine;
bearing bracket to close the space-in which
‘Fig. 5 is:a sectional elevation of the lower the gear is housed.
portion-of ‘the machine;
A. hearing ‘frame 28 is-disposed within the
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6- isa=detail view of a driving mem hollow base 20 and is fixedly secured tothe
ber?iformina' part of a reciprocatory actuat depending portion of the bearing bracket 22
ing-means-for ‘the corking and compressing and also to the lower portions of the base. A
operations;
horizontally extending shaft 29 is -j ournalled
7 is a detail sectional elevation of one in the frame 28 and is driven by any suitable
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90
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tle-receiving notches. The upper portion of
source of power. A pair of spaced pinions the tubular shaft 25 above the table has a
30 (one being shown) are secured to the shaft splined connection 57 with the surrounding
29 and mesh with gear wheels 31 (one being
shown) secured to the opposite end pore
tions of a horizontally extending shaft 32
which is journalled on the frame 28 in par
allel relation to the shaft 29. A bevel pin
ion 33 is secured to the shaft 32 and meshes
with a superposed bevel gear 34 which is
?xedly secured to the gear 35, both gears be
ing journalled on an upri ht stationary shaft
lower tubular portion of a spool-shaped sup
port 58 which carries at its upper portion a
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pair of spaced outstanding radial ?anges 59
and 60. At its upper end the spool-shaped
support 58 is provided with a bushing 61
which rotatably ?ts about the stationary tub
ular-standard 24. The spool-shaped support
58 carries cork-driving and cork-compressing
hereinafter described, and is retained
36 secured in the bearing Trame 28 and in the devices
against relative axial movement with respect
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bearing bracket 22. The gear 35 meshes with to the tubular shaft 25 by a right-and-left
the ear 26 for rotating the vertically ex hand threaded rod 62. The rod 62 has its 80
tending tubular shaft 25, and also meshes upper end screwed into the ?ange 60 and has
with a large diameter gear 37 which forms its lower end screwed into an angle clip 63
part of a bottle-?lling mechanism, not shown ?xedly secured to the sleeve 25, a lock nut 64
The gear wheels 31 carry aligned crank being threaded onto the rod to hold the rod
pins 38 (one being shown) at their outer faces. into adjusted position. The rod 62thusnot 85
These crank pins are journalled in the up only sustains the rotary support 58 but also.
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per ends of connecting rods 39. (one being provides an adjustment to accommodatebot
shown), and the lower ends of the connecting tles of different height.
rods are pivotally secured to a rocker frame
The upper end of the standard 24 is pro
40 which is pivotally supported on a depend vided with a vertical slot 65 in which slid- V 90
41
fastened
to
the
lower
portions
ing bracket
ably ?ts a radially extending ?ange 66 formed
of the base 20. The rocker frame 40 is pro on a tubular member 67 disposed concentri
vided with a vertical slot 42 at the upper and cally within the standard. The tubular
lower ends of which are formed rounded pro member 67 is fixedly secured on the reduced
jections 43. A vertically extending sleeve 44 upper end of the reciprocatory rod 51, as by a
extends through the slot 42 and is provided nut 68. The hub portion 69 of a drive head
96
with spaced washer-like disks 45 and 46 which 70 slidably surrounds the tubular standard 24
engage the rounded projections 43. The up and is provided with a slot ‘7'1 receiving there
per disk 45 is ?xed with respect to the sleeve in a projecting portion of the radial ?ange
while the lower disk is slidable on the sleeve 66. The drive head is ?xedly secured to the 100
1 and is urged upwardly into engagement with tubular member 67 by screws 72 which enter
the lower projection 43 by a coiled spring 47. the ?ange 66. The drive head 7 0 is shown in
The lower end of the spring bears against a detail in Fig. 6 and includes a pair of out
washer-like disk 48 which is adjustably held standing arcuate flanges 73 and 74 which are
in position by nuts 49 threaded onto the sleeve, spaced angularly as well as vertically. As 105
the washers 45 and 46 into en
. \ thus urging
described, the lower ?ange 73
gagement with the rounded projections 43. hereinafter
forms part of the cork-driving means, and
At its lower end the sleeve is interioriy the upper ?ange 74 forms part of the cork
threaded to receive the reduced threaded low compressing means. As seen in Fig. 15, the
er end 50 of a vertically extending recipro ?ange 74 has an upper conical surface 75 110
.' catory rod
housed within the tubular sloping inwardly and downwardly.
standard 24. 'The oscillation of the rocker
A horizontally disposed annular plate 76
frame 40 by its crank connection with the is spaced upwardly from the ?ange 59 by
gears 31 acts to reciprocate the rod 51 simul supporting and retaining pillars >77. A plu
taneously with the rotation of the tubular rality of cork hoppers 78 (?ve in the present 115
'7‘ shaft 25. The inner free end of the rocker instance) are secured to the upper surface of
frame is pivotally connected to a pair of le the plate 76, as by means of screws 79." At
vers 52, which are suspended at their inner their upper edges the cork hoppers are sec
ends on links 53 secured to the base. I
tor-shaped to abut against the adjacent hop
The above described construction of the pers, as seen in Fig. 2.7 A cylindrical exten
base and the driving mechanism housed there sion wall 80, common to the several hoppers,
in is generally similar to that disclosed in is secured to the upper and outer portions of
my .co-pending application for bottle cap the hop ers. The interior surface of each
ping machines, Serial No. 494,657, ?led No hopper 8 slo es downwardly to atubular
vember 10, 1930.
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discharge opening 81, which registers with
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125
A circular table 54 is carried on an inter¢ the upper end of a tubular cork chute 82,
mediate portion of the tubular shaft 25 and is hereinafter described, having a ?ared upper
provided at its upper surface with resilient end secured to and passing through the plate
bottle-supporting pads 55. A star wheel or 76. Each cork hopper is provided'with an
‘turret 56 is secured above the table and in agitator spool 83 carried loosely on a ‘hori
the present instance is provided with five bot
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‘zontal' shaft 84- which extends radially with the jaw 111 ?ts in a slot-like‘ opening 114
respect to the vertical axis of the tubular formed in a horizontally extending plate 115
standard 24. The shaft 84 is journalled in spaced below the ?ange 110 and secured
the‘cork hopper and carries a bevel gear 85 thereto by vertically extending bolts 116. A
at“ its inner end meshing with a superposed bottle guide 117 is secured against the lower
stationary bevel gear 86 ?xedly secured to the face of the plate 115 and is provided with a
upper'end of the tubular standard 24. Dun conically formed downwardly ?aring bottle
ing the rotation of the hopper assembly, each centering skirt 118 terminating at its upper
shaft 84 rotates the spool thereon through a edge in an opening 118’ concentric with the
roller clutch 84’ orother ratchet device for bore 100. A thin washer 119 is clamped be
entering the corks into the tubular discharge tween the plate 115 and bottle guide 117 in
opening 81 of the hopper. The roller clutch axial alignment with the bore 100, and has
84" permits the agitator. spool to be turned its lower face forming a seat engageable with
manually if occasion requires. Each cork the neck of a bottle 120 being corked, as indi
spool is of double conical shape converging
inwardly as seen in Fig. 4, and is provided
with'a corrugated exterior 83’. A guard bar
87'is arranged over the central portion of the
spool as indicated in Fig. 12. The outer end
of'each shaft 84 carries a collar 88 provided
cated in Fig. 7.
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A loop-shaped or yoke-shaped cork com
pressor 121 is slidably mounted for horizon
tal movement between the ?ange 110 and the
plate 115, and has its opposite side walls
slidably engageable with the opposite verti
with a crank pin 89 which is connected by a cal faces of the jaw 111 of the compressor
link 90 to an arm 91 secured to a shaft 92. body, as seen in Fig. 11. A compressing aw
They shaft 92 is journalled in a bracket 93
secured to the sloping lower surface of the
l, cork hopper, and carries an agitator blade 94
which passes through a slot 95 formed in
the wall of the cork hopper, as seen in Fig. 12,
thus providing an additional means for agi
tating the corks.
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122 is secured within one end port-ion of the
loop, as by means of screws 123, and is pro
vided with a concave cork-engaging surface
124 complementary to the surface 113 on the
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jaw 111. At its lower edge the jaw 122 pro
jects into the slot 114 formed in the plate
115, so that during the cork-driving opera
A plurality of compressor bodies 96 (?ve tion the lower ends of the cork jaws will be
in the present instance) are carried by the ro close to the neck of the bottle. Adjustment
tary support 58, and each includes an up of the jaw 122 can be readily effected by in
95
standingr tubular portion 97 which is slidably terposing shims between it and the adjacent
mounted for vertical movement in aligned wall of the compressor.
" openings 98 and 99 formed in the ?anges 59
The compressor is actuated by toggle
and 60. ' A vertical bore 100 is formed near mechanism including a pair of toggle links
the lower end of the tubular portion 97 and 125 and 126. The link 125 is provided with
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guides therein a reciprocatory cork-driving enlarged cylindrical end plugs 127 and 128,
plunger 101, hereinafter described. Another and the link 126 is provided with similar end
vertical bore 102 is formed in the compres
plugs 129 and 130. The end plug 127 of the ~
sor'bodv in laterally spaced relation to the link 125 is journalled in a laterally and axial
bore 100 and registers with a similar bore ly opening horizontal bore 131 formed trans
103 formed in a superposed bracket member versely in the compressor jaw 111, and the
104, which latter istixedly secured to the and plug 130 of the link 126 is journalled in a
upper face of the ?ange 60. as by means of a
bolt 105. The lower end of the tubular
cork chute 82 i s clamped in the bracket 24 by
a bolt 106. The cork chute 82 has a curved
con?guration and may be provided with a
similar bore 132 formed in the outer end of 37-i
the loop-shaped compressor 121. The ad
jacent end plugs 128 and 1290f the two tog
gle links are journalled in respective later
ally and axially opening bores 133 formed
number oflongltudi'nally extending slots 107. in a connecting block 134. The cylindrical
The compressor body 96 and the bracket plug 130 is provided with reduced oppo
104 are provided with a number of inter?t site ends which looselycarry rollers 135
ting prongs 108 and 109 which de?ne a cork engageable with parallel angle tracks 136
gui ding passage between them notwithstand formed on the plate 115. The rollers 135
~' ing the existence of relative movement be are also engageable with a superposed plate 7-?‘
tween the compressor body'and the bracket 137 secured to the ?ange 110 of the compres
member. The compressor body 96 includes sor body. The upper end of the connecting
horizontally extending ?ange 110 which block 134 is threaded to receive a rod 138,
isjadapted to abut against the bottom face which passes through aligned slots‘ 139
" of the ?ange 60 to limit the upward move
ment of the compressor body. A jaw 111 in
tegrally depends from the ?ange 110 and in
formed in the parts 60, 110, and 137. ’ The 1%
rod 138 also slidably passes through a plate
140 which slidably bears on the upper sur
cludes a laterally opening recess 112 having face of the ?ange 60 to exclude foreign mat
a concave wall 113 forming a continuation ter from the slots. The upper end of the
of the bore 100. The reduced lower end of rod 138 is pivotally connected by a pin 141
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of the bearing member 158, ‘as seen'in Fig. 14,v
to thelower endiof a vertical rod 142 which to retain the shaft against axial movement.
is slidably guided in a bushing 148 in the The upper end of the rock shaft is provided
e 59 and in a guide member 144 secured with a hook-shaped arm 164, the depending
to the plate 76. If desired, the rod 142 may end of which is pivotally received in a ?at .~~
have a weight 145 secured thereto.
165 slidablyguided between the upper
upper end the rod 142 carries a. hook-shaped link
face of the cap 156 and the lower face 0 the
plate 146 which extends radially with re bearing member 158. ' The driving bar 154
spectto the vertical axis of the machine and passes through an opening 166 in the link 165
' 1S retained in such position by a slot 147 c and is swung in a vertical plane by this link.
‘3' formed in the guide member 144. The hook~ A spring 167 bears onthe u' per arm of the
sha ed plate is engageable with the conical rock’ shaft 157 and urges 1t outwardl to
sur ace 75. of the ?ange 74 of thedrive head swing the pivoted drive bar 154 out o the
70, as seen in Fig. 15. On its upward move range of, movement of the ?ange 7 3 of the
ment, the reciprocatory drive head 70 lifts drive head 7 O, as indicated in Fig. 14. In
the rod 142 by its hook plate 146 and thus this ?gure'the drive head 70 is shown in dotted
serves to expand the compressor toggle to
the cork-compressing position seen in Fig. lines in its lowermost position and the drive
154 is in its-outwardly de?ected position
10. The‘toggle joint is pulled upwardly over bar
where it remains until a bottle enters the cor
center by this action and remains in this po responding notch of the star wheel 56. ‘Upon
sition by the presence of the cork between the entrance of a bottle into the star wheel,
the jaws 111 and 122.
The cork-driving plunger 101 is provided the rock shaft 157 is swung inwardly to bring
with a head 148 at its upper end which is the drive bar 154 below the drive head, there;
movable in an enlarged bore 149 formed in by permitting a cork-driving operation to
place.
r, the tubular portion 97 of the compressor body. take
The corks 168 on which the machine oper
A pin 150 extends transversely through the ates
are of cylindrical shape and are usually
head 148 and through vertical guide slots 151 soaked
in hot water before use in order to
formed in the tubular portion 97. A coiled soften them.
The soaking operation causes
spring 152 is suspended from a screw 153 se
the
corks
to
expand
and it is therefore'neces
* cured to the plate 17 6 and has its lower end sary to compress the corks before they are
secured to the pin 150 for lifting the cork driven into the bottles.‘ The compression of
driving plunger 101 to its upper position, the corks is effected b the compressing de
the latter position being determined by the vices heretofore descri ed. The compressing
abutment of the pin 150 against the upper operation causes an exudation to collect upon
'' ends of the slots 151. Suitable openings 153’ the cork, and especially on the lower end
are formed in the ?ange 59 to receive the sev
tending to cause contamination of the
eral springs 152 therethrough. A drive bar thereof,
bottled
goods.
In order to remove this exuda
154 has an enlarged cylindrical lower end 155 tion, an upwardly
directed spray nozzle 169
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100
journalled in the head of the cork-driving is disposed below the path of the bottle guides
plunger 101 and is swingzble in a vertical 117 and directs a stream of water or other
plane passing through the vertical axis of the cleansing ?uid against the bottom faces of
machine. The upper end portion of the bar the corks. The wash water collects in a drain
154 passes through a cap 156 screwed onto the
170 surrounding the spray nozzle
upper end of the tubular portion 97, and has receptacle
169 and passes out through a drain pipe 171. 'l
end
engageable
with
the
its rounded upper
The cork enters the compressing chamber
lower face of the‘?ange 7 3 of the drive head from
above when the compressor is in the p0
"
70, as seen in Fig. 4.
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seen in Fig. 7 , in which the toggle joint
It is desirable to prevent a cork~driving . sition
is
broken.
The succeeding cork in the cork
operation in the absence of a bottle, and this chute is retained
in position’ byv a pivotally
is accomplished in the present instance by mounted pawl shaft 172 journalled in the
swinging each driving bar 154'into or out
portion ofthe bracket 'member 104.
of operative relation to the ?ange 7 3 of the lower
The
pawl
is provided with an arm 173
drive head 70. Each of ?ve vertically ex having a shaft
pointed
end. engageable with the
_ __ tending'rock shafts-157 is journalled near its cork as seen in Figs. 7 and 9. The other end
" lower end in thestar wheel 56 and at its up
the
per end in a respective bearing member 158 of
ing
a
secured to the cap 156 as by means of a screw in the
159. At its lower portions the rock shaft is body.
pawl shaft carries an arm 174 enter
vertically extending cam groove 175
tubular portion~97 of the‘oompressor
The pointed arm is urged inwardly
provided with a blade 160 which is de?ected
a spring 176, and is urged outwardly away
‘ by a bottle 120 entering the star wheel notch, by
the cork by the movement of the arm
to thus swing the rock shaft. The rock shaft from
17 4 out of the cam groove ‘175 when the com
6.:p
also passes through slots 161 formed in the
body rises to its uppermost position.
?anges 59 and 60.' A collar 162 is secured pressor
The
bottles
to be crowned are conducted
near the'upper end of the rock shaft and
to
and
away
from
the rotary corking table
enters between the spaced forked portions 163
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mechanism forms part of a combined ?lling
and closing machine,'the bottles may be trans
ferred from the ?lling mechanism 177 vto the
corking table by means-including a star wheel
to move the cork driving bar 154 inwardly
to a positionbelowzthe ?ange ~73 of the drive
head 70. The descent ofithe drive head 70
by the :reciprocatory rod 51 effects thede
of the drive bar .154 and connected‘
178, as indicated in Fig. 8. The bottles are pression
cork-driving
plunger 101 again-st the "action
conducted away from the-corking table be
of the spring 152. In the ?rst partof this
tween suitable guides 17 9, which lead the driving
movement, the compressor ‘body 96
bottles to a ?at-topped conveyor chain 180. moves downwardly
by its weight until the
The incoming bottles may be conducted to washer 120 thereof rests
on the neck of ‘the
the ?lling mechanism from ‘the same 'con
bottle, as indicated in F lgs. 4 and -7. In its
veyor chain 180 by means of guides 181, which vfurther
down-ward ‘movement, the plunger
‘lead the bottles-‘to a star wheel 182. The 'di 101 engages
the compressed cork held be
rection of rotation of the ?lling mechanism, tween ‘the jaws 111‘and .122 and ‘drives the
'corking table, and transfer star wheels are cork downwardly into the registered neck of
indicated by arrows in Fig. 3. The star the bottle therebelow, the completion of this
wheels 178 and 182 are carried at the upper
ends of vertical shafts 183 and 184 respec
20 tively, which are journalled inithe upper por
operation being ‘indicated in Fig. 7. During
the limited downward travel of ‘the ‘com
pressor body, the arm 174 of ‘the pawls'haft
tion of the bearing bracket 22, and which are 172enters the cam groove 175., thus causing
driven at an appropriate speed in any suit the pointed arm 17 3 of this shaft ‘to engage
able manner, as by means of gears 185 at the laterally adjacent cork in the bracket
their lower ends‘meshing with the ring gear member ‘104 and stopping any movement of
37. The bottleetransferring means is gener the corks in the cork chute. As soon as :the
ally similar ‘to that disclosed in the above downwardly driven cork leaves the compres
mentioned application Serial No. 494,657.
sor jaws, the toggle joint of the compressor
The levers 52 connected to the rocker is free to swing downwardly ‘under ‘the ac
frame 40 may be used to operate parts of the tion of the weight 145 to the position seen in
?llingmechanism, such as the ?lling siphons, Fig. 7. If the :rod 142 is made sufficiently
valves, .or bottle lifters. For this purpose, heavy, the weight 145 may be omitted. The ,95
a pair of vertical rods 186 are slidably breaking ‘of the toggle joint moves the ‘C0111
mounted in the upper portion ofthe bearing presscr to the open position seen in Fig. 7
bracket 22 to extend therethrough and are in readiness to receive the next cork from
secured at their lower ends to brackets 187 the ‘cork chute, ‘but at this time the move
mounted on the levers 52. At their ‘upper ment of the corks is arrested by the pawl 1100
ends the rods 186 are connected by a "hori shaft 172. The ‘cork-driving movement of
zontal plate 188 which is engageable with the rod 51 is cushioned by the spring 147 at
the lower ends of rods 189 for operating "?ll
ing siphons or valves.
the lower end of this rod, so that any undue
resistance to the cork-drivingloperation will
Before placing the machine in operation, not cause injury to the machine or to the :bot
the cork hoppers 378 are ?lled with corks
which have been ‘previously soaked in hot
Water to soften them. The several tubular
cork
chutes are ‘then ?lled ‘with corks from
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tle.
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The :rod 51 now moves ‘on its upward
stroke and the coiled spring 152 raises the
"cork-driving plunger 101 and the compressor
body, the latter movement taking place when
the cork hoppers, this operation being facili the pin 150 engages the upper ends of the
tated by ' manually rotating the agitator slots 151 in the tubular portion 97 of ‘the
spools 83.
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compressor body. As the compressor ap
In theoperation of the machine, the ro proaches its upper position, the arm 174 of
tary corkingtable 54 carried on the tubu the pawl shaft 172 moves out of the cam
lar shaft 25 is rotated through gearing con groove 175, thus releasing the pointed arm
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nections, heretofore described, including the 173 from the laterally adjacent ‘cork and
gears 26, 85, 34, and 33, and simultaneously permitting this cork to descend into the com
the rod 51 within ‘the tubular standard 24 pressor chamber. During the reciprocation
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is reciprocated by the crank-operated rocker of the rod 151, the cork-driving assembly is
is given ?ve complete reciprocations 'for each tive sliding movement takes place between
revolution of the corking table, correspond the upper end of the driving bar 154 and
frame 40. In the present instance, the rod rotating ‘at a uniform velocity so that rela
120
ing .to the number of corking devices. ‘The the bottom face of the ?ange 73. Upon ‘the
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rotary spool-shaped support 58, carrying the further upward movement of the rod 51, the
five corking devices, is driven synchronously upper flange 74 of the drive head 7 0 slida-bly
with the corking table by its splined connec
125
engages and lifts the hook plate 46 at the
tion with the upper portions ‘of the tubular upper end of the compressor rod 142, as in
shaft
A bottle entering a notch of the dicated in Fig. 15, thus straightening out
star wheel or turret '56 swings the vertical the toggle joint and compressing the newly
"rock shaft 157, as hereinbefore described, introduced cork between the jaws 111 and
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122. At the end of the compressing opera
tion, the cork-compressing parts assume the
position seen in Fig. 10, in which the com~
pressed cork retains the toggle joint in an
over-center position. Shortly after the cork
bination of a tubular standard, a rotatable
container support surrounding said standard,
cork-driving means disposed above said con
tainer support and rotatable with said sup
port, means for rotating said support and "70
cork-driving means, a reciprocatory rod dis
ing operation, the corked bottle is discharged posed in said standard, means for operatiner
from the rotary corking table and onto the
conveyor 180. During the further rotation
of the corking assembly, the exudation from
'10 the compressed cork is removed by a liquid
jet from the spray nozzle 169, thus placing
on sai
said rod, and a drive member carried
'
rod for operating said cork-driving means.
5. In a container-closing machine, the com- C76
bination of a container support, cork-driving
means disposed above said support, cork-com
‘ the .cork in condition to be driven into an pressing means co-operating with said‘driv
incoming bottle. The cycle of operation is ing means, and reciprocatory actuating
'then repeated. In the absence of a bottle means for said cork-driving and cork-com 7,780
15 from corking position, the cork-driving op pressing means including a drive member
eration does not take place and the cork re having spaced abutments alternatively en
mains in its compressed position for another gageable with parts of said cork-drivingand
revolution.
20
25
30
'
means.
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The driving mechanism for the machine is cork-compressing
6. In a container-closing machine, the com- i
located within the hollow base 20, where it is bination of a tubular standard having a longi
well protected against tampering and en tudinal slot, a rotatable container support
trance of foreign matter, and where there is surrounding said standard, cork-driving
no danger of injury to the attendant. The means disposed above said container support
gearing connections are such as to permit
and rotatable
said with
support
said 'support,
and cork-driving
means for
the use of relatively simple structure forac rotating
complishing the» various functions of the means, a reciprocatory rod disposed in said
machine. By operating the compressing de standard, means for operating said rod, and a
vices» through toggle mechanism, the rotary drive ,member slidably surrounding said
corking assembly is relieved of intermittent standard and having a connection with said
stresses and the consumption of power is re rod passing through said slot, said drive
duced and rendered more uniform. The vmember having an operative connection with
operation of the cork-compressing and cork
driving devices by the same reciprocatory
actuating means results in a simpli?cation of ‘
35 ‘structure.
What I claim as new and desire to secure .
by Letters Patent is:
1. In a container-closing machine, the com
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said cork-driving means.
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7. In a container-closing machine, the com
bination of cork-driving means, cork-com-Z
pressing means normally urged to open po
sition, and means for moving said cork-com
pressing means to closed position to com
press a cork, said cork-compressing means
bination of a container support, cork-driving being retained'by the compressed cork in’7l05
means disposed above said support, cork-com closed position and being movable to its open
pressing means co-operating with said driv position incident to the departure of the
ing means, and reciprocatory actuating
cork therefrom.
means movable on one stroke to operate ~ driven
j ‘8. In a container-closing machine, the com
said cork-compressing means and movable bination- ofcork-driving means, cork-com- “"110
1 on another stroke to operate said cork-driv
pressing means gravitationally urged to open
position, and means for moving said'cork
2. In a container-closing machine, the com
means to closed position to com
bination of a container support, revoluble compressing
press a cork, said cork-compressing means
cork-driving means disposed above said sup being retained by the compressed cork in'3115
ing means.
.
.
port, revoluble cork-compressing means 00
and being gravitationally
operating with said driving means, means closed position
to its open positionincident to the
for revolving said cork-driving means and movable
cork-compressing ‘means, and reciprocatory departure of the driven cork therefrom. '
9‘. In a container-closing machine, the com
actuating means movable on an upward bination of a container support, cork-driv- ‘7120
stroke to operate said cork-compressing ing means including a- swingably mounted
means and movable on a downward stroke
member. actuating means engageable with
said swingably mounted member for trans
'3. In a container-closing machine, the com~ mitting
driving force therethrough, and bot
to operate said cork-driving means.
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bination of a container support, a revoluble tle-controlled means for determining the po- -'
group of cork-compressing and cork-driving
sition of said swingably mounted member in
devices disposed above said support, and the
path of said actuating means. '
, reciprocatory actuating means {or alternately
10. In a container-closing machine, .the
operating said compressing and driving de combination of a container support, cork
vices during their revolution.
driving means including a member swingably 513°
‘as 4. In a container-closing machine, the com
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mounted thereon and projecting upwardly
therefrom, actuating means engageable wfth
said swingably mounted member for trans—
mitting driving force longitudinally there
5 through, and bottle-controlled means for de
termining the position of said swingably
mounted member in the path of said actuat
ing means.
11. In a container-closing machine, the
10 combination of a compressor body having a
cork-compressing jaw, a reciprocatory cork—
driving plunger movably mounted in said
compressor body, a reoiprocatory compressor
movable laterally with respect to the line of
15 travel of said plunger and having a jaw com
plementary to said ?rst—named jaw, a pair
of connected toggle levers pivotally secured
to said compressor and compressor body re
spectively, a reciprocatory rod having a con
do nection with the joint between said toggle
levers for moving said compressor on its
compressing stroke, and co-ordinated actuat
ing means operatively connected with said
plunger and with said rod.
3" 12. In a container-closing machine, the
combination of a rotary support adapted to
receive bottles thereon, a plurality of re
ciprocatory corking heads vertically mov
able on said support and having bottle-en
3° gaging lower ends, each corking head having
cork-compressing means and cork-driving
means, means for operating said cork-com~
pressing means and reciprocatory actuating
means for said cork-driving means control
“ ling the descent of said corking heads into
engagement with the bottles.
13. In a container-closing machine, the
combination of a support adapted to receive
a bottle thereon, cork-compressing means ver
40 tically movable on said support for descent
to the bottle, cork-driving means co-operat
ing with said cork-compressing means, a
chute for delivering successive corks to said
compressing means, and intermittently mov
45 able means controlled by the vertical move
ment of said compressing means for stopping
the movement of corks in said chute.
14. In a container-closing machine, the
combination of a rotary support adapted to
50 receive bottles thereon, a plurality of recipro_
catory corkinrr heads vertically movable on
said support for descent to the bottles, each
corking head having a cork compressor and
a cork-driving plunger, and means for oper
55 ating the cork compressors and cork-driving
plungers of said corking heads. ‘
In testimony whereof. I a?‘ix my signature.
GEORGE J. MEYER.
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